Chapter 3304 Production
"No, this is my first class at Mingxue, how can I just choose anything?"
Bai Shan asked her, "What was your first class at the Imperial Medical Bureau about?"
"That's a lot. I spent over an hour in that class talking about the importance of medicine to human development, the prospects and importance of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the medical science..." Zhou Man pondered, "As for the girls' school, I can't talk about medicine with them too, right?"
Bai Shan: "I'm afraid they're not interested and don't understand."
"Yeah, what are you talking about?"
Bai Shan went to bed, pulled the quilt over her, and coaxed her, "Don't think about it, go to sleep first, there's no rush anyway."
"Who said there's no rush? Mingda asked me to give a lecture the day after tomorrow."
In the end, Zhou Man didn't choose a topic. He just sat on the podium in the Mingxue classroom, looking at the girls sitting in the classroom with a gentle look. "Your Four Books and Five Classics, as well as the meaning of poetry and classics, have all been taught by the teacher. This is my first time teaching at Mingxue. Although everyone's understanding of each classic may be different, repeating the same article over and over again is inevitably boring. So, in my first class here, I won't talk about these."
She paused and said, "But I haven't thought about what to say to you yet. This is because Mingxue is the first women's school since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty. Even in ancient history, it is the first women's school of this size."
"In the past, women mostly studied at home or within their clans. The so-called women's schools were private schools set up by some large families to educate their daughters," Zhou Man said. "They only accepted girls from the family or relatives. It's like Mingxue, which can admit female students like ordinary academies, regardless of their background, but it has never happened before."
The students in the classroom listened attentively.
Zhou Man continued, "I don't know why you came to Mingxue to study. Your headmaster, Princess Mingda, has already spoken about the inspirational things you came here for, so I won't repeat myself. Today, I'd like to talk to you about the difficulties women face in achieving success in this world."
A student raised his hand and asked.
Zhou Man raised his hand, motioned her to ask, "Mr. Zhou, do you feel the same way?"
Zhou Man smiled and said, "Of course, it's extremely difficult for men to stand out in this world, let alone women."
"Mr. Zhou's promotion seems to be going very smoothly."
Zhou Man nodded and said, "That's because I'm smart."
Mingda, sitting at the back of the classroom, nearly choked on her saliva. She quickly glanced at Zhou Man, wanting to wink at her and ask her to be more modest. Instead, she heard her boast, "Because I'm smart, I'm a good doctor. In officialdom, there are two things you absolutely cannot discard. As long as you always possess these two, even if the road ahead is bumpy, you'll still have a smoother journey than other officials."
Everyone was curious, "What is it?"
"Official rank and ability." Zhou Man said: "Official rank refers to the character of the official. Ability goes without saying. It's just the literal meaning..."
Zhou Man's lesson was to tell them about the difficulties of being an official, the process for a man to enter the government and the several paths he had to choose from. It was so difficult for men, let alone women.
Because men have several paths to choose from when entering officialdom, it is different for women. Not only are their paths fewer, but they are also narrower. It is extremely difficult for them to gain a place in the future officialdom.
However, there is more to a career in this world than just the officialdom. Taking the officialdom as an example, the requirements for other career paths for women are also stricter than those for men...
The students listened with great interest, but they were more interested in Zhou Man herself. They could not understand most of what she said. In the minds of most girls, the future that Zhou Man talked about was not the path they would take in the future.
They study and learn here so that they can better manage the household, support their husbands and raise their children in the future, so every time they raise their hands to ask a question, it is about Zhou Man.
For example, "Mr. Zhou, did you really scold Censor Wang so much that he vomited blood?"
For example, "Mr. Zhou, you are obviously younger than Mr. Bai, so why are you the senior sister and he is the junior brother?"
After the class ended, Zhou Man stood up and left solemnly. Once she reached the office, she relaxed and said with a sigh, "Your students really have too many problems."
Mingda smiled and said, "I thought you would like it."
"Why?"
Mingda: "You share a common hobby—talking a lot!"
Zhou Man: ...
She was about to speak when she was suddenly kicked twice in the stomach. She felt a little pain and couldn't help but cry out.
Mingda stood up quickly, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, the fetus is moving." Zhou Man felt something was wrong after she finished speaking. She touched her belly and couldn't help but feel her pulse. She asked Ke Ke in surprise, "Am I going to give birth?"
Koko scanned it and said, "No, but it will be soon."
Zhou Man held her belly and asked, "What does 'soon' mean..."
Koko showed her the data directly.
Taking the pulse by herself might not be accurate, but looking at the data would not affect her judgment. Zhou Man breathed a sigh of relief after looking at it carefully. These two days, that's good, that's good. Although she has been preparing, she is still not ready until now.
Mingda waved his hand in front of her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Man grabbed her hand and said, "I have to go back. The baby is moving. I might give birth in the next two days."
When Mingda heard this, he quickly supported her and said, "Are you going to give birth? You have to be careful."
"In two days..."
Mingda could hardly hear anything anymore. He carefully sent Zhou Man back to the Princess's Mansion and handed him over to Old Lady Liu and Zheng before leaving.
As soon as Zhou Man returned home, he told Jiulan to go to the wing room to set up the delivery room and check all the items needed for delivery. Then he said, "Go and ask the midwife, and we will discuss it again."
She was relatively okay, but Old Madam Liu was much more nervous than she was. Seeing her start making arrangements for the birth, she said, "It would be safer to invite the midwife to live with us."
Zhou Man smiled and said, "There's no rush today. Let's see tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Madam Liu: "Please hire a few more. You are about to give birth. Don't bother with these things. Just leave it all to us."
He added, "It would be best if we could hire a doctor to be on standby at home, so that we can be absolutely certain."
Zhou Man waved his hand and said, "Let Sanniang and Li Rulai take care of it. They are familiar with childbirth."
Not only because they have given birth to children themselves, but also because they have delivered and nursed many babies in Beijing in recent years.
Madam Liu breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that you understand."
They made a lot of preparations, but they didn't expect that many of them would be useless.
Because Zhou Man gave birth very quickly, she went into labor in the evening of the next day before dinner.
Bai Shan took the woman back to the delivery room and asked someone to invite the midwife who was expected to move into the house the next day. He also asked someone to quickly invite Liu Sanniang and Zhou Liru...
As a result, before the midwife arrived, Xibing and Jiulan delivered the baby under Zhou Man's guidance. Old Lady Liu and Zheng stood by to help, and they were frozen when they held the baby.
Fortunately, the midwife arrived in time, took the baby, cut the umbilical cord and took him away to wash, while the other one took care of Zhou Man with Xibing.
Zhou Man exhaled, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked with all his strength, "How is the child?"
As soon as the midwife put the child into the water, he burst into tears. The midwife immediately smiled and said, "It's a little boy. Don't worry, sir. He has strong hands and feet, a loud voice, and is very healthy."
Zhou Man still believed in the midwife's judgment. She relaxed after hearing that and leaned on the bed, feeling hungry, but she didn't want to eat.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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